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Stan Lee was one of the most famous and beloved entertainers to emerge from the twentieth century. He served as head editor of Marvel Comics for three decades and, in that time, became known as the creator of more pieces of internationally recognizable intellectual property than nearly anyone: Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men, Black Panther, the Incredible Hulk . . . the list goes on. His carnival-barker marketing prowess helped save the comic-book industry and superhero fiction. His cameos in Marvel movies have charmed billions. When he died in , grief poured in from around the world, further cementin
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Review: Stan Lee: Genius or huckster? A new biography of the Marvel creator weighs in
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True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee
By Abraham Riesman
Crown: pages, $28
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Shortly after Stan Lee, the Marvel Comics legend, died in at 95, biographer Abraham Riesman paid a visit to his only sibling, younger brother Larry Lieber. Though he had drawn comics for Stan on and off for 60 years, Lieber never felt emotionally close to him. He tried to explain his brother the best way he knew how: by comparing him to an iconic film character. “I feel like I’m talking about Charles Foster Kane,” he told Riesman. “Who was he? What was he? What was he like? It depends on who you talk to at what moment.”
Riesman, whose article dissecting the Lee Myth went viral, has now written a book-length biography to peel back all the layers on his complex subject. “True
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True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee
biography of Stan Lee written by Abraham Riesman
| Author | Abraham Riesman |
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| Language | English |
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| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Publication place | United States |
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True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee is a biography of Stan Lee written by Abraham Riesman.
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[edit]Lee, who died in , was a comic book writer, editor, and publisher. Riesman, a comic book fan, had previously written a number of articles about comic books for ,[1] and her profile of Lee went viral. The article concerning, in part, the degree of input Lee had in the creation of Marvel Comics superheroes during the Silver Age of Comic Books.[2]
True Believer was written as a followup and is a full biography of Lee's life. For the biography, Riesman interviewed Lee's surviving family members, former coworkers and business partners, and assistants who worked with